Soul legend Solomon Burke began his career as a gospel singer, scoring his first hit with “Christmas Presents From Heaven” in 1954. He was all of 14 then, but he already knew his way around a mike: as ...

Solomon Burke, a pioneering singer-songwriter of so-called sweet soul music whose powerful ballads in the 1960s were a major influence on a generation of rock, R&B and pop vocalists, has died. He was ...